Watching from the "Outside"

[joepetz999]

There's always that one person

[Van]

12-14-16 (Nomination Ceremony)

[Van]

12-15-16 (Veto Competition Results)

Oh my gosh Christian pulled that out. He's going to F3 y'all this is wild. He's gonna take himself off the block, and it's gonna be Gabe and Joner on the block, and Christian is gonna decide who goes. 

Oh man. Ok on one hand I'm pretty happy for Christian because the poor guy has been getting called out and he's played a fairly good game. He'd be a great winner. 
On the other hand....either Joner or Gabe is going next. Gabe's been gunning for Christian and if by some massive miracle Gabe wins the final HOH (it's still 2016 I'm SURE there's still some plot twists left in this year) then Christian's doomed. 
ON THE OTHER OTHER HAND, Gabe is a tempting goat to bring to the end. Joner's been a competitor and could make a fair case to win if he makes it to the end. Would he protect Christian and bring him to the end if he wins HOH? I dunno, I can only see so much. I don't have the full live feeds for this season

I don't know what's gonna happen, but OH BOY thing have been pretty fun to watch since DE night. I'm hoping for my boy Joner to pull through but if not, then it'll still be a pretty interesting finale to watch. 

EDIT (Veto Ceremony + Eviction Results)

WHAT THE FUCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCK?

i.....i did say that I was expecting one more plot twist at some point. But Bryson/Gabe/Joner all being best friends??? And Bryson/Joner being brothers? 

I.....I'm honestly at a total loss.
Joner went, so that's that. My trio's gone. Joner even called Christian trash on the way out and is calling out alliances isn't that lovely

...welp.
There's only one person for me to root for at this point honestly. As far as I know, Christian isn't a returnee/person with pre-existing relationships. The only one left in this game.
I'm officially rooting for Christian, the dude who put me on the block. Ain't that something. And I thought the 32 person Survivor game I'm in right now was nuts.

what I'd do for actual live feeds for this season lmao

[Van]

12-18-16 (Final HOH Competition)

So I've popped in here to see what the Final HOH is and to distract myself from currently flopping in the Survivor Trivia challenge for Pacific Islands: All-Stars. In that game my tribe is probably going to tribal council and despite our best efforts and the fact that the challenge is still going until like 5pm tonight this is the current status of that

[1:14:57 AM] monty (lazio/pi all stars/malibu host): (hug) Score update (hug)

Hōkū: 21

Hoshi: 12

Whetu: 10

[1:15:09 AM] Steffen Bøhn: I thought we got more

[1:15:18 AM] Steffen Bøhn: but we can do this

[1:18:14 AM] Steffen Bøhn: its over

(we're the Whetu tribe whoops)

ANYWAY, it's a bit of a bummer to see that this final HOH so far is something that I could do well at. I'm pretty good at flash games and just as great at Tetris, so I decided to see if I could do better than Christian and I scored like 26,000 on my first try. Played too much Tetris as a kid man.

And if I were in this right now I'd probably use this DR from Week 3 since it hardly gives anything away and I think it's entertaining and I guess putting a face to the name Van that's not the best character from Trails of Cold Steel II would be interesting for these people to see

Doing this earlier than normal because I have an 8 page history paper to write. Plus, I have to keep writing for my Nanowrimo novel this year. PLUS, I already wrote a confessional for the Survivor game I'm in right now so I'm a WEE burnt on writing right now. So I think this video sums up about how I feel right now



But oh man, Christian is killing it so far. Hopefully he keeps this up and he can just bypass the second comp!

EDIT: That "Biggest Moments Task"

2. Basically all of Week 4. Not gonna lie, learning that I was in a house with three vets terrified me. However, it did give me a platform to make one of my first and better "big moves". I did what the majority of the house wanted by putting up Bullet Club, which strengthened my relationship with those people, and then as soon as they promised to keep me safe in the future backdoored Van, someone who I had campaigned heavily against in the past and would have every reason to target me. Week four was when I really started to prove I was a true player of my own right.


my impact :')
(and for the record Christian, I wasn't gonna target you so soon~~~ I had my sights set on Derek, Jake and Gabe in that order first. )

[joepetz999]

A statement from you is the tie breaker for Part 3

[Van]

Awwww yeah, I saw that! In Aeolian for our final immunity challenge there's a confessional part of the challenge where we're giving snippets of confessionals from players voted out of the game and we have to guess who said what, and it was one of my favorite parts of the final immunity challenge. Here's my own guesses for this one.

1. James said one of his favorite things about playing the game was
B. Voting out people I hated

2. Matt said the biggest mistake he made in the game was
B. Being too passive
(granted aligning with me is a mistake LMAO)

3. Cody said the one thing he would change about his game was
A. Not getting Christian out sooner

4. Derek said he was disappointed in
A. Gabe using such foul language

5. Jake said in reference to the events that unfolded immediately before Joner was evicted
B. This is the biggest f*ck up in Big Brother ORG history

6. Joner said that if Christian had been evicted at the Final Four instead of him
B. He (Joner) would have won

Tie Breaker:

What was the one thing Van was mad about:
A. Missed out on being zinged by Zingbot


ANYWAY, to sum up my feelings on the winner of the final HOH...

[joepetz999]

A
B
B
A
A
B

A

[Van]

12-19-16 (Finale)

Well, here we are! The season finale is here! Gonna read everyone's speeches and responses and write my own thoughts because I got nothing better to do on a Monday night! (Plus I am excited to see how this all ends too lol)


“so there is no hard feelings! to all my speeches, i was trying to make things interesting and make me purposely look bad so anyone would think it was a good idea to bring to the Final 2!”

I literally think the only time in history where that strategy may have worked to win a jury vote is if Phillip said this to the jury in RI because I’m sure that jury did NOT want to vote for Boston Rob. So Gabe’s jury speech was….something. Yikes.


“The only time being loyal hurt me was Week 3, when I campaigned so hard for Luci to stay against Van. That was probably the weakest point of my game, as I easily could've made myself an enemy in Van from trying too hard to paint him as the villain. However, I bounced back from it and made sure I was tight with the remaining Privates, Derek and Bryson, so that I would be safe.”

I was literally a useless floater lmao. I still don’t fully understand why Christian NEEDED to get me out when Joner was a bigger threat than me, and how that was such a big move. I’ll probably ask him once this all over. But he had a strong jury speech that went through his entire game.


(and I should probably tell them all at some point that I go by they/them pronouns)


“I'm not going to lie and say it was 100% strategic to take Gabe over Bryson, though. From Dereks Eviction onward, Bryson was the person I had planned to take to F2 if I won the final HoH. But when it became clear he would never take me, I saw no reason to keep that promise to him. In my mind, if I don't have any obligation to take the bigger threat of the two to the finals, then there's no reason to do it.”

Good answer to Jake’s question. I tend to play the same way too. I’m a loyal person until I know that loyalty isn’t returned.


“im just saying, don't vote christian he played a basic boring game like anyone would. dont be badic”

What a compelling argument, Gabe.


“But, from my perspective, I feel you did about as much as the fish in the fish tanks do in the real Big Brother house. You swam along, you sat on the sidelines and watched what everyone was doing.”




“So, yeah, you outlasted me in this game, but that doesn't make you a better player than me or some of the other individuals that have played this game. Quite frankly, I give more credit to Luci and Van, and they were voted out before the jury even started.”

:’)

And Derek has such a great point here. In any game, I’d rather go out early than be a losing finalist. The point of the game isn’t just to make it further, it’s to win over the people who will be voting for you in the finale. Gabe made it far, but he obviously didn’t do that. Christian did both, and it would be tragic if he didn’t win because at least he’s acted like a decent human being.


“2. Backdooring Van was one of my stronger moves, and while you did eventually come around to my way of thinking, it was not at all what Bryson wanted or what the Privates in general agreed upon. Bryson and your original plan was to put James/Joner on the block that week, not Bullet Club, and once Van/Jake were the final nominees Bryson pushed hard to evict Jake. That move was a move that I decided by myself would benefit me the most, despite my allies arguing differently, and it was overall better for me than either of the other Privates.”

Gotta get me out so bad that you tell your trusted allies “NOPE”? I actually kind of have to respect that since I’d never do that. I’d be too scared of making a target out of myself. Christian really does deserve the win here.

[Van]

12-21-16 (Finale)

“I honestly don't think I have a question... Just kind of a statement that I need to say because this whole season has been bothering me. So here I go.”

DO IT


“Jake was a much bigger threat than Van. You could have easily gotten him out with the alliance you had. Van stayed over Luci because of me. I made it so Gabe voted for Luci instead of Van. I liked Van, he was a good guy, and I wanted for us to work together. You, Van, Jake, and I. Maybe Derek.”

DAMN that would’ve been a fun alliance honestly, except for the part where I was targeting Jake and Derek LMAO. But an alliance of me/Cody/Christian would’ve been iconic honestly. And I’ve been thinking in the back of my head the past while that Cody didn’t try to save me but he did. Good guy Cody


"Gabe... Gabe, Gabe, Gabe. As a Veteran of this game, let me be the first to tell you that you are the saddest, most pathetic person I have EVER seen play this game. And I've witnessed a guy send emails to a girl playing the game, calling her terrible names, then denying it. I've seen a group of people make up lies so someone who rightfully deserved to win the game, lose. I've seen ano asshole take credit for the brilliant game of Jake Frato, knowing full well that the jury hated him any ways. But you, you are the worst of the worst.”

Oh shit that’s an awful lot of bad shit.


“but i mean this game was boring i wanted to have arguments like the real big brother, you see in the real big brother, ppl start to get tired of ppl, not everyone can get along”

Sigh

Granted I’ve only seen three seasons of Big Brother but when has being a total jerk and causing drama ever worked out for anyone?

And if he’s gonna try to get ANYONE’s jury vote maybe he should actually answer some of the jury’s questions like damn


If that's all for jury questions, I wonder how the vote will go.

I'd assume at this point Christian's locked vote would be Derek because of Gabe's awful response. Gabe's locked vote would be Joner since Joner already said he was gonna vote for Gabe when he got evicted *sigh*. I would think that everyone who asked a question or made a statement is leaning more towards Christian at this point. James is the only massive since he hasn't asked anything yet but we'll see how this goes.

WHEW, what a season. It's been fun observing it since my eviction! Hopefully it ends on a good note.

[joepetz999]

FYI: You're the tie breaker if it ends 3-3 and someone doesn't vote.

[joepetz999]

And we need you to break that tie. A juror is boycotting and not casting a vote. The current vote is 3-3. Post your vote here but dont let anyone know you are voting but us.

[joepetz999]

Jury House password if you want to see what your fellow jurors have done: YFWC32

[Van]

Alrighty. I looked through the jury stuff but my mind is pretty much made up already. I will be voting for Christian as the winner of BB10!